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Despite former California Governor Jerry Brown's kibosh of a bill to create an outdoor recreation office, an advocacy group is stepping up to see the legislation through under the new administration. Next Monday, California Outdoor Recreation Partnership (CORP) will lead an ...read more

Because the U.S. Senate failed to move forward on a critical public lands legislation package, the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) and a number of other programs will remain in limbo. Frustration in the delay came from both sides of the aisle and leaders promised to ...read more

Keep up by reading Industry Buzz. Here are today's top headlines: Have a news tip? Email us at snewsedit@aimmedia.com. David Vela, currently Grand Teton National Park's superintendent, was confirmed as director of the National Park Service by the Senate Energy and Natural ...read more

Varying levels of excitement, hope, and anxiety reached fever pitch last week as Americans went to the polls in record numbers for what many considered to be an extremely consequential election. With the fate of public lands, climate change action, tariffs, and more in the ...read more

Imagine this: The Uncompahgre River flows beneath the balcony of your new home. After breakfast, you walk five minutes to the office. Your lunch break includes fly fishing on the Uncompahgre’s Gold Medal waters. Post work, you drive fifteen minutes—with zero traffic—to uncrowded ...read more

If the outdoor industry had a constitution, the Confluence Accords would be it. After seven months of collective effort, representatives from the eight states with formal offices of outdoor recreation gathered on the roof of a downtown Denver hotel yesterday to sign the accords, ...read more

Last week in Asheville, North Carolina, a roomful of delegates from around the country (and a few call-in attendees) took the next step in the Confluence process—a multi-state initiative to develop a national platform for the outdoor recreation industry. It was a ceremonial ...read more

Keep up by reading Industry Buzz. Here are today's top headlines: Have a news tip? We've created a new form where you can submit tips and story ideas. Camber Outdoors has announced its expert panel of judges for Pitchfest 2018. They are Susan Viscon, senior VP of merchandising ...read more

Keep up by reading Industry Buzz. Here are today's top headlines: Have a news tip? We've created a new form where you can submit tips and story ideas. National parks in Utah are seeing an uptick in rescues—68 percent from 2014—and men in their 20s are the ones most likely to need ...read more

A Canadian mining firm has staked claim on land that was, until recently, part of Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in Utah. The acquisition comes six months after President Donald Trump slashed nearly half of the national monument along with a large part of Bears Ears ...read more

It’s no secret that the craft beer and outdoor industries often collide. SNEWS has featured a number of hybrid stores in the #CoolShop column, including The Hub & Pisgah Tavern in North Carolina, Colorado-based Shoes & Brews, and Escalante Outfitters, which exclusively serves ...read more

Black Diamond Equipment’s parent company is expanding in Utah over the next decade, adding high-paying jobs and nearly $50 million in value, according to the Governor’s Office of Economic Development (GOED). Needless to say, the growth of Clarus Corporation bodes well for Utah in ...read more

If you read anything today, make it Industry Buzz. Here are today's must-read headlines: Have a news tip? We've created a new form where you can submit tips and story ideas. We'll be checking it often to ensure we don't miss anything. In an opinion column in the Albuquerque ...read more

If you read anything today, make it Industry Buzz. Here are today's must-read headlines: Have a news tip? We've created a new form where you can submit tips and story ideas. We'll be checking it often to ensure we don't miss anything. #MeToo: Alpinist magazine along with the ...read more

Next time you’re visiting Southern Utah and are in need of outdoor supplies, head over to Escalante Outfitters. If you need a morning meal to fuel your adventure or a cold local beer afterwards, you can head there, too. Want a tour of the area or a place to say for the night? ...read more

Vermont is doing the best at loving Mother Earth and West Virginia is doing the worst, according to a new survey by WalletHub that ranked all 50 states based on the current health of the environment and residents’ environmental-friendliness. "Without a doubt, the bar for being ...read more

Today, a congressional committee said "yes" to protecting more outdoor recreation areas. The Recreation Not Red-Tape (RNR) Act passed through its first round of votes in the U.S. House of Representatives Natural Resources Committee, chaired by one of the bill’s sponsors, Utah ...read more

A workshop at a Utah school is ablaze with sparks as a young designer welds together the skeleton of a burly roof rack meant to sit atop an even burlier overland vehicle. The idea is that the rack will lug equipment or will be the mount for a rooftop tent—perfect for four-wheeled ...read more

Emma is the newest Vail Resorts employee. She can answer almost any question you text her about nine mountain resorts in California, Colorado, and Canada, and just because she's digital doesn't mean she's lacking personality. If you ask, "What time do the lifts open at Breck?" ...read more

Remember when a Utah legislator proposed renaming the Utah National Parks Highway after President Donald Trump? Yeah, that won't happen. Republican Rep. Michael Noel's legislation did not gain traction in the House, and therefore didn't even make it to the Senate floor. It was ...read more

Environmentalists are shaking their heads in disgust at the thought of having a Utah highway named after President Donald Trump, especially one that winds through canyons and by public lands that he shrunk last year with the stroke of his presidential pen. State legislators in a ...read more

Playing outside is serious business. More and more state governments are getting organized to maximize their outdoor economies by establishing offices devoted to the business of recreation. As of this week, there are eight state offices and task forces: Utah, Colorado, ...read more

“There are no words. It’s heartbreaking,” Ace Kvale, outdoor photographer, told SNEWS as he was leaving the Salt Lake City protest against President Trump’s controversial announcement to downsize both Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante. With much resistance but little ...read more

Indisputable truth: Nothing crushes an outdoor experience—or a day on the slopes— quite like a crappy-fitting boot, and the hot spots, blisters, aches and pains that come along with it. And that’s precisely why having a top-notch boot-fitter on your roster can have a serious ...read more